Costco receipt checking
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This is why checkouts are supposed to be near the exit so you can CHECK OUT. Between the checkout and the exit is a resturant (which you pay for seperately) and a bunch of car tyres which should be easy to spot...
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And what happens when the stock isn't tyres and is in fact some small easily taken items? Near the exit is not at the exit though is it...Only way for your theory to work is to have the checkouts spitting you out onto the street via a door at the end of the till. :/
By entering with his friend to purchase items he has agreed to them, because his friend has. In an ideal world, his friend would make him read the T&Cs before they set foot in the store.
He would be purchasing the goods under his friends membership, so the T&C of the friends membership would apply.
I think neither, he now knows he is just being a bit of a drama queen.
Not true - I am ALWAYS a drama queen
Not true - I am ALWAYS a drama queen
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A contract which the OP never signed or agreed to, meaning he shouldnt have been purchasing goods in the store in the first place.
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But as has been stated, due to the OP being there with the friend, he is bound to the T&Cs.
As said before, they are accompanying the member and visiting the store. Although they are handing over payment, they are actually buying under another members membership.
Agreed, the OP purchased the goods as a guest of his friend and so purchased the goods under the same T&Cs. The OP knew he was in the store as a guest and understood there were special terms and conditions attached to purchasing there, to the point he had to ask if it was ok to pay separately.
I can only imagine the OP is either trolling or just "special", surely no one could be that much of a whiner?!
I'm a special kind of whiner.
OMG......
It is so damn simple.
They found something not on the receipt........
As in T&C's of the shop, they are permitted to search the bags, a company like that does not make money by giving products away and letting thieves go.
If you did not steal it, then fine, but you must have proof, they do not know you, they do not keep their eyes on you, so as far as they are concerned it's a possible theft.
The company and employees are not breaking any company rules, or laws.
So all this fuss over something perfectly simple.
It is so damn simple.
They found something not on the receipt........
As in T&C's of the shop, they are permitted to search the bags, a company like that does not make money by giving products away and letting thieves go.
If you did not steal it, then fine, but you must have proof, they do not know you, they do not keep their eyes on you, so as far as they are concerned it's a possible theft.
The company and employees are not breaking any company rules, or laws.
So all this fuss over something perfectly simple.
They would only apply to his friend as he's the only one who has agreed to them
Then they should have disallowed the sale , or explained the rules and allowed him to agree or disagree with them before continuing.
The way I see it is that the member is the one who has signed up to the T&C's , I wouldn't think that legally a guest could make an agreement with the store merely by entering the store with a member.
But , the guests goods & receipts would techincally be treated as the members until leaving the store as they are bought on his account, thus searching of the goods is fine as in the stores eyes they belong to the member and not the guests.
The process should be explained a bit more clearly to guests who would be ignorant to how it works.
That's why they have checkouts and CCTV
Is that a legal requirement?
Ahh the good old guilty until proven inocent
Are you absolutely sure they are not breaking any laws?
This is GD. What did you expect - a spec me some toilet paper thread?
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As has been said already, the T&Cs state that guests are also bound to the T&Cs.
The OP has entered the store as a guest on the friends membership. The goods are also purchased under that membership. Therefore the T&C of that membership apply.
That's why they have checkouts and CCTV
Still need to detain you then whilst they check the CCTV....
If you have no proof, then what do you expect them to do? Let you go on your way with a load of beer you've not paid for?
Ahh the good old guilty until proven inocent
If you have something that appears to not have been paid for, like it not showing on a receipt, then they will not let you go on your way, because if they spent time finding if it was a theft or not, and for arguments sake, you did indeed not pay for that beer, then that means you've got away with it... When this can happen, they're not going to let you go away with their property......
Well since they've not been done for any of this already and considering the size of the company go figure, if you really think they've broke a law then call the police....... But you won't......... You know they're not breaking any laws......
So you admit you're stringing it along now................